Chapter 83: Deicide, The Fall of Tang Hao and His Wife
The Tian Shen's shrill, venomous and mocking accusation was like icy poison, instantly drenching Tang Hao and Ah Yin. The thick Abyssal aura surrounding them seemed to turn viscous and suffocating under the Saint Lord's undisguised killing intent.
Tang Hao's chest heaved violently. His eyes, already bloodshot from defeat and humiliation, were now instantly flooded with crimson, an endless fury threatening to burst through the crown of his head.
He stared fixedly at the Saint Lord, the fingers gripping the Clear Sky Hammer making cracking sounds from excessive force, his words squeezed out from between gritted teeth, one by one:
"Saint Lord! Say. That. Again!"
The usual gentleness had vanished from Ah Yin's exquisite face, replaced only by icy coldness.
She stepped forward, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with her husband. Blue-golden light swirled around her. Her voice was soft, yet carried an ironclad resolve:
"Saint Lord, my husband and I sincerely cooperated with you to face the great enemy together. How could you utter such heart-piercing words now? Do you intend to burn the bridge after crossing the river, shifting the blame for this defeat onto us?"
"Shift the blame? Heh..." The hypocritical smile on the Tian Shen's face completely vanished, replaced by a near-maniacal ferocity. "Why would I need to shift blame? Defeat is defeat! But every ounce of energy lost by the Abyss Plane must be replenished! And you two—"
His dark-gold vertical pupils abruptly contracted like a venomous snake locking onto prey, his burning gaze sweeping over Tang Hao and Ah Yin as if appraising two rare treasures.
"—you two'seniors' who have lost your God Positions yet retain the foundation of Second-Tier Gods, are the perfect ready-made supplements, are you not?!"
"What?!" Tang Hao and Ah Yin's expressions changed drastically upon hearing this, internal alarm bells clanging wildly.
They never imagined the Tian Shen could be so insane, that his first reaction after defeat wasn't to regroup, but to treat them, his 'allies,' as fuel to restore his vitality!
"You dare!" Tang Hao roared. The massive Clear Sky Hammer instantly erupted with dazzling golden divine light, standing before him like a mountain range, shielding Ah Yin behind him.
Ah Yin also waved her slender hands continuously. Countless thick Blue Silver Emperor vines burst from the ground, intertwining to form a blue-golden domain. The aura of life fiercely clashed with the Abyssal stillness of death.
"Why wouldn't I dare?!" The Saint Lord let out a mad laugh, filled with hysteria. "If not for your incompetence, failing to subdue that old fellow for so long, how could my Abyss have come to this? Using your divine bodies to compensate for my losses is only right and proper!"
Before his words faded, the Saint Lord had already struck. He gave the Tang Hao couple no further chance for explanation or preparation.
"Boom—!"
The Super Divine Artifact, the heavenly saint abyss splitting halberd, reappeared in his hand. With a tremble of the halberd's shaft, a condensed, dark-purple halberd radiance, seemingly capable of devouring all light, shot forth like lightning tearing through the void, aimed directly at Tang Hao's face.
This strike held nothing back, containing all the Saint Lord's rage, humiliation, and greedy thirst for energy.
"Hao! Be careful!" Ah Yin cried out in alarm, sensing the terror of this attack.
"Get lost!" Tang Hao's eyes nearly burst from their sockets. The eighty-first form of the Clear Sky Hammer technique, "Sky-Piercing Strike," met the attack head-on. A golden hammer shadow collided violently with the dark-purple halberd radiance.
"Clang—!"
A terrifying storm of energy erupted from the point of impact, sweeping outward, leveling the dark-red earth around them once more and fragmenting the space inch by inch.
"Pfft—!"
Tang Hao's entire body shook violently. The skin at the base of his thumbs split open, golden divine blood splattering. He was sent staggering backward as if struck by a meteor, his face instantly turning deathly pale.
Although he was a Second-Tier God, how could he, stripped of his God Position's enhancement, be a match for the Saint Lord, a First-level God? Moreover, the Saint Lord was striking in fury. He simply couldn't withstand it!
"Hao!" Ah Yin's heart felt torn asunder. Disregarding her own safety, she unleashed her Blue Silver domain at full power. Countless vines infused with life and binding force coiled towards the Saint Lord like spirit snakes, attempting to buy Tang Hao a moment to catch his breath.
"An ant trying to shake a tree! Be extinguished!" The Saint Lord didn't even glance at the vines. With a casual sweep of the heavenly saint abyss splitting halberd, an invisible ripple spread out. Those incredibly resilient Blue Silver Emperor vines withered, disintegrated, and turned to dust in an instant, as if thrown into a raging fire.
The Super Divine Artifact's characteristic of "ignoring defense" held an almost absolute suppression against this form of energy-based restraint!
"Ah Yin! Run!" Tang Hao steadied himself. Seeing his wife's domain shattered, an unprecedented panic surged within him. He roared hoarsely and, ignoring his injuries, charged at the Saint Lord again, hammer in hand, trying to block him.
"Run? Too late! Today, neither of you will leave!" The Saint Lord's sinister grin widened. His figure flickered, evading Tang Hao's desperate counterattack like a ghost. The heavenly saint abyss splitting halberd traced an eerie arc, bypassing the Clear Sky Hammer and aiming straight for Ah Yin's heart.
"No—!" Tang Hao roared in despair, watching helplessly as the lethal halberd radiance struck towards his beloved.
Facing this fatal strike, a flash of resolve crossed Ah Yin's eyes. Knowing she couldn't dodge, she neither evaded nor avoided it. Instead, the blue-golden light around her body blazed as if burning. She chose to detonate part of her divine soul and divine power, attempting to perish together with the Saint Lord and create a sliver of hope for her husband.
"Burning your divine soul? A death throes struggle!" The Saint Lord sneered. The heavenly saint abyss splitting halberd continued its trajectory unabated, its tip precisely striking the burning divine soul of Ah Yin!
"Sizzle..."
Like a red-hot branding iron searing into ice and snow, Ah Yin's resolutely burning divine soul flame, under the terrifying might of the heavenly saint abyss splitting halberd, couldn't even fully trigger its self-detonation before being forcibly choked and annihilated!
"Ah Yin!!!"
Tang Hao watched as his wife's body rapidly turned translucent under the halberd radiance. The light in those beautiful blue eyes extinguished like a candle in the wind. Finally, Ah Yin's entire divine body, along with her divine soul, completely dissolved into specks of blue-golden light, dissipating under the Abyss's dark-red sky.
Witnessing his wife's complete annihilation of body and soul, immense grief and madness instantly drowned all of Tang Hao's reason!
"Tian Shen!!! I'll fight you to the death!!!"
Tang Hao's wild hair stood on end. His eyes turned completely blood-red. The golden divine power around his body boiled and burned uncontrollably, even faintly tinged with a destructive dark-red.
Abandoning all defense, like a crazed demon, he brandished the Clear Sky Hammer and launched a suicidal charge towards the Saint Lord with utter recklessness, each blow imbued with a resolve seemingly capable of shattering stars!
"Gone mad? Perfect! Saves me the trouble!"
Facing Tang Hao's mutually destructive tactics, the Saint Lord's eyes held only indifference. Relying on the sharpness of the heavenly saint abyss splitting halberd, he continuously inflicted deep, bone-revealing wounds upon Tang Hao.
Tang Hao fought like a mad tiger, but without Ah Yin's support, a single pillar could not hold up the sky. His injuries grew heavier, and his burning divine power rapidly depleted.
Finally, in a direct, unadorned clash, the heavenly saint abyss splitting halberd cleaved through the dimmed Clear Sky Hammer and brutally chopped into his chest!
"Ugh..." Tang Hao's movements froze. His blood-red eyes glared fixedly at the Saint Lord so close, filled with endless hatred and unwillingness.
The Saint Lord flicked his wrist, and the halberd radiance erupted!
"Boom!"
Tang Hao's divine body exploded like shattered porcelain, transforming into a sky full of golden light rain, following in Ah Yin's footsteps.
Thus, two Second-Tier Gods completely perished in this foreign Abyssal land.
The Saint Lord hovered in the air, the heavenly saint abyss splitting halberd humming faintly. He spread his arms. The Abyss Plane's origin power, as if summoned, formed a massive dark-purple vortex, voraciously devouring and absorbing the pure, masterless divine power motes left behind by the fall of Tang Hao and Ah Yin.
As the vast amount of divine power poured in, the faint sense of weakness the Abyss Plane had felt after losing five percent of its energy was rapidly replaced by a feeling of fullness, even slight expansion.
"Hah..." The Saint Lord closed his eyes, feeling the restoration and strengthening of the Plane's origin, and let out a long sigh of relief.
Devouring the energy of two Second-Tier Gods had not only completely compensated for the losses of the first battle but had even yielded a considerable surplus.
However, his relief was cut short halfway. His eyes snapped open, looking towards the direction of the Douluo Plane, his gaze turning profoundly gloomy once more.
The losses were recovered, but Tang Hao and his wife were dead. What next?
Having lost these two Second-Tier God combatants, once that Plane Master, Lei Chen, launched another offensive, how could he, alone, withstand the combined assault of Electrolux and Lei Chen?
When that time came, the fate awaiting the Abyss Plane would likely still be complete annihilation.
"I must... I must think of a way..." The Saint Lord muttered to himself, his dark-gold vertical pupils flickering with madness and calculation.
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